Musicians perform on stage at The Louisiana Hayride All Star Bicentennial Birthday Bash in June 2012 at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium in a Times file photo.

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John Andrew Prime

The Louisiana Hayride won't achieve senior citizen status until April 3, when it will mark year 65, but a show Saturday at its birthplace, the historic Municipal Auditorium, will toot the show's birthday horn.

"We didn't choose the date," said producer and current co-owner Margaret Lewis Warwick, who graced its stage in the late 1950s. "This is something that was planned by the lieutenant governor's office."

As for April, for the true anniversary, "I've got something in the works," she said.Saturday's show is the kickoff for the "Year of Louisiana Music," a joint project by Lt. Gov. Jay ...